Relativity And The Dimensionality Of The World
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Relativity And The Dimensionality Of The World
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-10-08
Relativity And The Dimensionality Of The World written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-08 with Science categories.
All physicists would agree that one of the most fundamental problems of the 21st century physics is the dimensionality of the world. In the four-dimensional world of Minkowski (or Minkowski spacetime) the most challenging problem is the nature of the temporal dimension. In Minkowski spacetime it is merely one of the four dimensions, which means that it is entirely given like the other three spacial dimensions. If the temporal dimension were not given in its entirety and only one constantly changing moment of it existed, Minkowski spacetime would be reduced to the ordinary three-dimensional space. But if the physical world, represented by Minkowski spacetime, is indeed four-dimensional with time being the fourth dimension, then such a world is drastically different from its image based on our perceptions. Minkowski four-dimensional world is a block Universe, a frozen world in which nothing happens since all moments of time are given ‘at once', which means that physical bodies are four-dimensional worldtubes containing the whole histories in time of the three-dimensional bodies of our everyday experience. The implications of a real Minkowski world for physics itself and especially for our world view are enormous. The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? It contains fourteen invited papers which either directly address the main question of the nature of spacetime or explore issues related to it.
Relativity And The Dimensionality Of The World
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-09-03
Relativity And The Dimensionality Of The World written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-03 with Science categories.
The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? The book contains fourteen invited papers which either directly address the main question of the nature of spacetime or explore issues related to it.
Relativity And The Nature Of Spacetime
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-06-23
Relativity And The Nature Of Spacetime written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-23 with Science categories.
Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" Develops answers to these questions via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. Discusses the implication of the result (this analysis clearly shows that if the world and the physical objects were three-dimensional, none of the kinematic relativistic effects and the experimental evidence supporting them would be possible) for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed.
Relativity And The Nature Of Spacetime
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-02-18
Relativity And The Nature Of Spacetime written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-18 with Science categories.
Puts the emphasis on conceptual questions: Why is there no such thing as absolute motion? What is the physical meaning of relativity of simultaneity? But, the most important question that is addressed in this book is "what is the nature of spacetime?" or, equivalently, "what is the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level?" Develops answers to these questions via a thorough analysis of relativistic effects and explicitly asking whether the objects involved in those effects are three-dimensional or four-dimensional. Discusses the implication of the result (this analysis clearly shows that if the world and the physical objects were three-dimensional, none of the kinematic relativistic effects and the experimental evidence supporting them would be possible) for physics, philosophy, and our entire world view are discussed.
Geometry Relativity And The Fourth Dimension
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Author : Rudolf Rucker
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-06-08
Geometry Relativity And The Fourth Dimension written by Rudolf Rucker and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-08 with Science categories.
Exposition of fourth dimension, concepts of relativity as Flatland characters continue adventures. Topics include curved space time as a higher dimension, special relativity, and shape of space-time. Includes 141 illustrations.
Space Time Matter
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Author : Paul S. Wesson
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 1999
Space Time Matter written by Paul S. Wesson and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
Einstein endorsed the view of Kaluza that gravity could be combined with electromagnetism if the dimensionality of the world is extended from 4 to 5. Klein applied this idea to quantum theory, laying a basis for the various modern versions of string theory. Recently, work by a group of researchers has resulted in a coherent formulation of 5D relativity, in which matter in 4D is induced by geometry in 5D. This theory is based on an unrestricted group of 5D coordinate transformations that leads to new solutions and agreement with the classical tests of relativity. This book collects together the main technical results on 5D relativity, and shows how far we can realize Einstein''s vision of physics as geometry.
The Fourth Dimension Toward A Geometry Of Higher Reality
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Author : Rudy Rucker
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2014-08-18
The Fourth Dimension Toward A Geometry Of Higher Reality written by Rudy Rucker and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-18 with Science categories.
One of the most talented contemporary authors of cutting-edge math and science books conducts a fascinating tour of a higher reality, the fourth dimension. Includes problems, puzzles, and 200 drawings. "Informative and mind-dazzling." — Martin Gardner.
Minkowski Spacetime A Hundred Years Later
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2010-03-11
Minkowski Spacetime A Hundred Years Later written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-11 with Science categories.
Celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the 1909 publication of Minkowski’s seminal paper "Space and Time", this volume includes a fresh translation as well as the original in German, and a number of contributed papers on the still-controversial subject.
Inertia And Gravitation
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Minkowski Institute Press
Release Date : 2012-12-18
Inertia And Gravitation written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Minkowski Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-18 with Science categories.
This book fills a gap in the literature. So far there has been no book which deals with inertia and gravitation by explicitly addressing open questions and issues which have been hampering the proper understanding of these phenomena. The book places a strong emphasis on the physical understanding of the main aspects and features of inertia and gravitation. It discusses questions such as: Are inertial forces fictitious or real? Does Minkowski's four-dimensional formulation of special relativity provide an insight into the origin of inertia? Does mass increase relativistically? Why is the inertial mass equivalent to the gravitational mass? Are gravitational phenomena caused by gravitational interaction according to general relativity? Is there gravitational energy? Do gravitational waves carry gravitational energy? Can gravity be quantized?
From Illusions To Reality
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Author : Vesselin Petkov
language : en
Publisher: Minkowski Institute Press
Release Date : 2013-09-08
From Illusions To Reality written by Vesselin Petkov and has been published by Minkowski Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-08 with Science categories.
The greatest mystery in the world is its very existence. In our intellectual development, we all reach a turning point when we start asking the perennial existential questions: "What is the world?"; "What am I?"; "What is the meaning of the existence of the world and myself?". As the German philosopher Schopenhauer put it: "The lower a man stands in intellectual respects the less of a riddle does existence seem to him... but, the clearer his consciousness becomes the more the problem grasps him in its greatness." This book explores what fundamental physics tells us about the physical world and how the scientific picture of what exists often differs disturbingly from the "common sense" view based on the way our senses reflect the world. Centuries-old illusions are identified by showing that they contradict experimentally-confirmed results of modern physics, which clears the way toward deeper understanding of reality. The greatest illusion that the world exists only at the present moment of time has been realized by many great thinkers, but so far the human race has been unable to free itself from it, prompting Einstein to write this: "the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." Getting rid of such stubbornly persistent illusions by open-mindedly examining the implications of modern physics for the physical world can help us rise above the fog of everyday life and see Nature the way she herself is.